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Tuesday, November 26
Joe Biden Admits “More Must Be Done” for Greater Access to COVID Testing in the US
US President Joe Biden acknowledged this Monday that “more must be done” to for Americans to access COVID testing – 19 after those tests sold out in most pharmacies in the country before Christmas.
“We have seen how hard it was for some people to access testing this weekend and that shows that we have more work to do,” admitted Biden during a virtual meeting with 25 of the 50 governors of the country, including Democrats and Republicans.
As in other countries in the world, before the Christmas weekend, many Americans came to be tested for COVID – 19 to clinics or pharmacies and found that there were no appointments available and that, in addition, home antigen tests had been performed. gout.
Last week, Biden angrily responded to a question from a reporter about the lack of evidence available, but this Monday he acknowledged that the queues to buy or take the test were “very long” in some states and that “more needs to be done” and “we have to do better” things.
Also last week, Biden outlined what the US strategy would be against Ómicron, which appears to be more contagious than other mutations of the virus, and announced that his Government will distribute at home from January 500 home antigen tests, which will be free.
In addition, the president is reconsidering some of his measures against the pandemic, such as the weather isolation that must be met by those who have been infected or if travelers must show proof of vaccination on domestic flights, announced this Monday the princ ipal U.S. Government epidemiologist, Anthony Fauci.
Ómicron is already the predominant variant in the United States and is responsible for more than 70% of infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The United States continues to be one of the countries hardest hit by the covid pandemic – 19 more than 816, 000 deceased and 52. 3 million infections since March 2020, indicates the Johns Hopkins University count.
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